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abc's jim avila is on the case. >> reporter: jerry sandusky may soon face his accusers. prosecutors plan on calling all eight alleged victims to testify at next week's preliminary hearing. abc news has learned from sources close to the case, that sandusky's second high-profile interview has so incensed his accusers, they are anxious to tell their stories. >> first he serially abused his client then he has to hear sandusky deny he did those things. >> reporter: sandusky told "the new york times" over the weekend he is being turned into a monster by prosecutors who are mistaking fatherly affection for sexual abuse. >> i didn't do those things. >> reporter: but when given yet another chance to answer the simple question of whether he is sexually attracted to children, the former coach needed off-camera coaching. >> if i say, no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls -- >> but not sexually. >> right, i enjoy -- that's what i'm trying to clarify, i enjoy spending time with young people. >> reporter: after two major
abc's jim avila is on the case. >> reporter: jerry sandusky may soon face his accusers. prosecutors plan on calling all eight alleged victims to testify at next week's preliminary hearing. abc news has learned from sources close to the case, that sandusky's second high-profile interview has so incensed his accusers, they are anxious to tell their stories. >> first he serially abused his client then he has to hear sandusky deny he did those things. >> reporter: sandusky told...
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jerry sandusky. instead, though, the former penn state football coach called it off at the last second. why? abc's jim avila is back on this story for us tonight. >> reporter: jerry sandusky headed towards court this morning with a secret. his trademark grin firmly in place, wife at his side and another surprise up his lawyer's sleeve. >> the move today was the first smart move i've seen from this attorney. >> reporter: after weeks of promising a grueling public confrontation with all ten of his accusers, the defense changed its mind, waiving the preliminary hearing and instead pleading not guilty and heading directly to trial. >> we fully intend to put together the best possible defense that we can do. stay the course. play for four quarters. >> this is a tight to the death. this is the fight of jerry sandusky's life. >> reporter: the 205-year-old courthouse, surrounded by media. the courtroom filled with 250 lottery-winning spectators, including sandusky's wife, his children and supporters. all set
jerry sandusky. instead, though, the former penn state football coach called it off at the last second. why? abc's jim avila is back on this story for us tonight. >> reporter: jerry sandusky headed towards court this morning with a secret. his trademark grin firmly in place, wife at his side and another surprise up his lawyer's sleeve. >> the move today was the first smart move i've seen from this attorney. >> reporter: after weeks of promising a grueling public confrontation...
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. >> reporter: jerry sandusky, back in cuffs, wearing a penn state track suit, taken from his home in the middle of the afternoon, and today, charged with abusing two more children. his attorney predicted new charges and custody on "world news." >> bail is going to be set and he's going to wind up in jail. >> sandusky's attorney walked straight into that courtroom and told his client, "i told you this would happen." and sandusky just smiled. >> reporter: the smile wiped from his face as prosecutors demanded a million dollar bail and revealed the stories of more victims, numbers nine and ten. horrific accounts of a basement of horrors at the former defensive coach's ranch-style house in state college, pennsylvania. a place victim number nine told grand jurors sandusky told him to stay, unless otherwise directed by sandusky. he ate meals in the basement. the food brought to him by sandusky. and new details about his wife, and where she was when this was allegedly happening just down the stairs. victim number nine was 10 to 12 years old during the alleged attacks and told the grand jury
. >> reporter: jerry sandusky, back in cuffs, wearing a penn state track suit, taken from his home in the middle of the afternoon, and today, charged with abusing two more children. his attorney predicted new charges and custody on "world news." >> bail is going to be set and he's going to wind up in jail. >> sandusky's attorney walked straight into that courtroom and told his client, "i told you this would happen." and sandusky just smiled. >>...
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we are hearing from the wife of jerry sandusky. it was last night here, we reported on one of the newest victims, saying he cried for help with sandusky's wife upstairs. well, tonight, what the wife is now saying and her words are directed right at the alleged victims. again tonight, jim avila. >> reporter: dottie sandusky on her way out this morning to bail out her husband of 45 years, handing over a $50,000 certified check and her house for the remaining 200 grand in bond. after spending one night in jail, the former football coach is now under house arrest. for many, including his accusers, it is not enough. >> i certainly hope that he's not a danger to anybody, but i also know a little bit about the nature of the disease and it is like an addiction. >> reporter: this afternoon, dottie sandusky made her first comments on the charges against jerry and now implicate her. a new accuser saying she was in the house as he screamed for help from her basement. dottie sandusky says, "i'm so sad anyone would make such a terrible accusatio
we are hearing from the wife of jerry sandusky. it was last night here, we reported on one of the newest victims, saying he cried for help with sandusky's wife upstairs. well, tonight, what the wife is now saying and her words are directed right at the alleged victims. again tonight, jim avila. >> reporter: dottie sandusky on her way out this morning to bail out her husband of 45 years, handing over a $50,000 certified check and her house for the remaining 200 grand in bond. after...
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former penn state coach jerry sandusky accused of sexual abuse. one victim saying while the wife was home. what she's saying tonight and it is aimed right at the alleged victims. >>> the billion dollar apology. the former senator and famous investment boss telling now telling small every day investors he has no idea where their billion dollars went. >>> and the christmas craze. "modern family" and the not so modern movement tonight. what all of us sent in here and tonight, you pick the winner. >>> good evening. diane is on assignment tonight. and today, when those first bulletins came into the news room of another gunman at virginia tech, that he opened fire, there were immediate fears the massacre of four years ago was happening all over again. the images immediately came in, showing a student body on lockdown, officers barricading doors and outside there, two officers embracing after a campus filled with fear that it was happening again. in the end, the gunman shot an officer dead and it is believed he then turned the gun on himself. abc's jim s
former penn state coach jerry sandusky accused of sexual abuse. one victim saying while the wife was home. what she's saying tonight and it is aimed right at the alleged victims. >>> the billion dollar apology. the former senator and famous investment boss telling now telling small every day investors he has no idea where their billion dollars went. >>> and the christmas craze. "modern family" and the not so modern movement tonight. what all of us sent in here and...
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former coach jerry sandusky will face his accusers for the first time at a hearing. we're told, by the way, sandusky will not know the identity of all his accusers till they actually appear in the courtroom. >>> and the supreme court has agreed to take up another hot-button issue, that tough arizona law cracking down on people who imgreated here illegally. the law requires police to check the immigration status of everyone they stop. and the question is, does it go too far? as you know, the court previously agreed to rule on the president's health care reforms. the court expected to issue both rulings in the middle of next year's campaign. >>> and after eight years, the war in iraq is finally ending. american troops coming home. president obama met with iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki in washington today, discussing this last chapter in the withdrawal of all u.s. troops. hard to believe, after 165,000 u.s. troops served in iraq at the height of the war, today only about 5,000 remain. and some of them will be there to turn out the lights on u.s. involvement. abc'
former coach jerry sandusky will face his accusers for the first time at a hearing. we're told, by the way, sandusky will not know the identity of all his accusers till they actually appear in the courtroom. >>> and the supreme court has agreed to take up another hot-button issue, that tough arizona law cracking down on people who imgreated here illegally. the law requires police to check the immigration status of everyone they stop. and the question is, does it go too far? as you...